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Empowering Your Children
Empowering Your Children in the New Millennium
Practical Tools for
Children, Parents and Teachers
By Oreste J. D’Aversa
Introduction
It is said that “it takes a village to raise a child” and how
true that is even in this modern day and age. Though the village may
look different than it once did, the people are still the same; the
children, the parents and the teachers. Though we now live a “global
village” of sorts, for the most part, things have not changed that
much. The children need to be taught, the parents need to make sure
that the children are taught well and the teachers need to do the
teaching and pass down the knowledge to the children. Each role in this
equation is important; everyone has a job to do, and each job is an
important one, make no mistake about it.
The
Physical,
the Mental, the Emotional and the Spiritual
We human beings are composed of four
components:
·
The
Physical (of the Body)
·
The
Mental (of the Mind)
·
The
Emotional (of the Heart)
·
The
Spiritual (of the Spirit).
If any of these four components are out of
balance we experience “dis-ease”. When we experience “dis-ease”
in the body it can become sickness, when in the mind it becomes mental
illness of sorts, when in the heart it become “heart ache” or emotional
disorders and when it is in the spiritual it is viewed as being
“spiritually disconnected”.
Exercises for Children
The following exercises for children are designed to
help empower them physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually (the
exercises can be done by adults too!). Below are exercises to help
children in their everyday lives:
1.
Breathing
2.
Relax Your Mind
3.
Meditation
4.
Visualization to Reduce Stress
5.
Connecting with Nature
6.
Yoga
7.
Physical Exercise
Exercises for Parents
The
following are exercises and techniques to keep parents, physically,
mentally, emotionally and spiritually empowered as well.
Below
are exercises to help parents in their everyday lives:
1.
Walking
2.
Proper Diet
3.
Stress Management
4.
Meditation
5.
Time for Self
6. Get Involved in Your Children's Education and Activities
7. Parent Partnership Program
Exercises for Teachers
The
following are exercises for teachers to use to work with children (and
the parents too, if they choose to participate) to help children think,
grow, make a contribution to their world and the world at large.
Below
are exercises to help teachers in working with children:
1.
Children Helping Themselves
2.
Children Helping Their Families
3. Children Helping the Animals
4. Children Helping the Community or the Environment
5. Children Helping Their School
6.
Children Helping Their Country
7. Children Helping the People of the Planet
Love and the Children
The children are indeed our future and in order for them to
grow, flourish and thrive properly they need love. By loving the
children we mean providing a safe environment where they can become the
young adults that they are meant to be and contribute to society in the
way they are meant to contribute. Each child has an important
contribution to make and for that matter everyone has an important
contribution to make to this world. Children need a loving environment
free from growing discontent of life so they can grow and achieve their
full potential. They need an environment where they can safely explore
all their gifts, and in time as they understand their gifts, make their
contribution to the world.
Conclusion
It is my hope this article has provided you with some
additional tools to help empower your children. These tools are not
meant to replace your current child rearing practices but rather give
you additional exercises to help children, parents and teachers raise
happy, vibrant and well balanced children in the new millennium. The
exercises here are designed to be used “in addition to and not instead
of” your current practices.
Some things will never change; there will be children, there
will be parents and there will be teachers. What a great joy all of
that is!
The exercises in this
article are designed for children 8 years and older.
Always check with your
doctor before embarking on any exercise program.
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About the Author
Oreste "Rusty" D'Aversa
is the author of the book Empowering Your Children in the New
Millennium: Practical Tools for Children, Parents and Teachers (www.EmpoweringYourChildrenNOW.com).
He is as a Keynote Speaker, Workshop Facilitator, Consultant, Coach and
University Lecturer. He can be reached at OresteDAversa@att.net and at
by visiting his website www.OresteDAversa.com
